In SQL Server 2005 and previous versions, full-text
catalogs were containers for your full-text indexes. In SQL Server 2008,
they are really virtual containers on which you can tag various
settings and have these settings apply to all indexes placed in that
catalog (for example, accent sensitivity) or rebuild all indexes in a
catalog at one time.
To create a full-text
catalog, you first need to full-text enable your database. To do this,
issue the following query in your database:
sp_fulltext_database 'enable'
You can also right-click on
your database, select Properties, and then click on the Files tab. Check
Use Full-Text Indexing and then click OK.
After doing this, you can create your catalog. There are two ways to do this: by using the wizard or using T-SQL.
Before you create a full-text
index, you must create a full-text catalog. In the wizard, full-text
catalog creation can be done alongside full-text index creation, but
under the covers, the catalog is always created first.
We first discuss creating the full-text catalog using the wizard and then using the T-SQL commands.
